How common is the surname Rumsey?

5,226 people in the United States had the surname Rumsey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,079 Americans. It ranked 6,497th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rumsey?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Rumsey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Rumsey getting more or less common?

More common. 4,980 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,226 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Rumsey

A surname, carried by 5,226 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rumsey is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,226 people named Rumsey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,079 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,980.

#6,497

rank among US surnames

5,226

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,298)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,490	Steger	5,231	59,022
#6,493	Telles	5,230	59,034
#6,494	Shattuck	5,228	59,056
#6,497	Rumsey	5,226	59,079
#6,498	Delk	5,222	59,124

Who is named Rumsey

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Rumsey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rumsey

Ramsey

Rumsey has the Soundex code R520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R520.

Questions

How common is the surname Rumsey?: 5,226 people in the United States had the surname Rumsey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,079 Americans. It ranked 6,497th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rumsey?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Rumsey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Rumsey getting more or less common?: More common. 4,980 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,226 in 2010, up 4.9%.